Resemblance seems to be one of the primary emotional concerns of donor-egg recipients. From the outside, it’s easy to wonder ...

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When I was sent a 9 p.m. text reminder to acquire a balloon for my child's unicycle parade the next day, it was Briana who I ...

In her new book Second Life, Amanda Hess charts the emotional experience of parenthood, mediated through our screens.

I pictured my partner at my side, weeping but also gazing at me wide-eyed, experiencing my admirable resilience, his capacity ...

Today’s teenagers know what their time is worth, and for better or worse, it’s leaving a lot of parents in the lurch.

As soon as I got pregnant, it became clear to me that I want to build something bigger and set an example as someone who ...

Collecting my children’s bagged “personal items” from their school in a socially distanced line while wearing a homemade cloth mask is the most vivid memory I have of the entire coronavirus ...

I’ve never lived in a world where “Uncle Michael and Uncle Jon” didn’t exist. Michael is my mother’s older brother, and Jon is… Uncle Jon. For as long as I can remember, he’s been ...

Before Akira arrived, like any pregnant woman having their first child, I had so many preconceived ideas about what motherhood would be like and what my child would be like. I would be a mother ...

The hair combing experience is a sacred space between Black mothers and daughters, and I was disappointed when I realized I could not carry this ritual forward. I pay someone to create ...

Last year, a letter in the medical journal Pediatrics argued that the frightening decline in mental health among American kids can be partly explained by a lack of independent play. When kids don ...